Lee Rockwood
@queenieofrandom.bsky.social
Bit of a geek. Front-end Developer and creative. Disabled spoonie. All opinions my own. She/her
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#myositis #juvenileDermatomyositis
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Threads _leeleep
#myositis #juvenileDermatomyositis
Disability is dropping glass objects and them smashing and you're unable to clean them up. That's twice in a week now! My dad's homemade chili jam on Monday and a bottle of soy sauce today. I just wanted some lunch #disability #disabledlife
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Disability is dropping glass objects and them smashing and you're unable to clean them up. That's twice in a week now! My dad's homemade chili jam on Monday and a bottle of soy sauce today. I just wanted some lunch #disability #disabledlife
I learned to advocate for myself before I even knew the word.
At 4, my doctors at GOSH taught me to say when it hurt, when I’d had enough, when I wanted to stop. Prof Woo told me: “You’re always the expert in the room.” That’s still the best advice I’ve ever had.
At 4, my doctors at GOSH taught me to say when it hurt, when I’d had enough, when I wanted to stop. Prof Woo told me: “You’re always the expert in the room.” That’s still the best advice I’ve ever had.
The Expert in the Room
Learning to speak up for myself started in hospital at four years old – and it’s still the most important skill I have
leerocks.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I learned to advocate for myself before I even knew the word.
At 4, my doctors at GOSH taught me to say when it hurt, when I’d had enough, when I wanted to stop. Prof Woo told me: “You’re always the expert in the room.” That’s still the best advice I’ve ever had.
At 4, my doctors at GOSH taught me to say when it hurt, when I’d had enough, when I wanted to stop. Prof Woo told me: “You’re always the expert in the room.” That’s still the best advice I’ve ever had.
A brand new theatre in 2025 - and wheelchair users still can’t see the stage.
The Hunger Games at Troubadour Canary Wharf literally built inequality into its design.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury or a card you pay for. It’s a right.
leerocks.substack.com/p/the-theatr...
#DisabilityRights
The Hunger Games at Troubadour Canary Wharf literally built inequality into its design.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury or a card you pay for. It’s a right.
leerocks.substack.com/p/the-theatr...
#DisabilityRights
The Theatre that Shut Disabled People Out
"The Hunger Games" at Canary Wharf
leerocks.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A brand new theatre in 2025 - and wheelchair users still can’t see the stage.
The Hunger Games at Troubadour Canary Wharf literally built inequality into its design.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury or a card you pay for. It’s a right.
leerocks.substack.com/p/the-theatr...
#DisabilityRights
The Hunger Games at Troubadour Canary Wharf literally built inequality into its design.
Accessibility isn’t a luxury or a card you pay for. It’s a right.
leerocks.substack.com/p/the-theatr...
#DisabilityRights
Accessibility shouldn’t depend on who complains loudest. After raising access issues at The Range Cheltenham, aisles have now been widened & a review’s underway. Progress matters — but inclusion must be built in, not fought for. #Accessibility #Inclusion
October 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Accessibility shouldn’t depend on who complains loudest. After raising access issues at The Range Cheltenham, aisles have now been widened & a review’s underway. Progress matters — but inclusion must be built in, not fought for. #Accessibility #Inclusion
At 10, I joined St John Ambulance - the first place where my disability wasn’t a barrier.
I climbed a cargo net at camp, supported but not stopped.
Inclusion isn’t about limits - it’s about belief.
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
I climbed a cargo net at camp, supported but not stopped.
Inclusion isn’t about limits - it’s about belief.
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
Finding My Strength (and Belonging) in St John Ambulance
I had always wanted to be like the other children - though that was never really possible.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
At 10, I joined St John Ambulance - the first place where my disability wasn’t a barrier.
I climbed a cargo net at camp, supported but not stopped.
Inclusion isn’t about limits - it’s about belief.
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
I climbed a cargo net at camp, supported but not stopped.
Inclusion isn’t about limits - it’s about belief.
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
Reading Patrick Barkham’s Guardian piece hit close to home. In 2022 I was in a flare. Rheumatology said I’d been discharged without telling me or my GP. Even A&E couldn’t get me seen. Like Milly’s, my story shows the gaps. Been through similar? Share it.
#PatientVoice #DisabilityJustice
#PatientVoice #DisabilityJustice
As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?
I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reading Patrick Barkham’s Guardian piece hit close to home. In 2022 I was in a flare. Rheumatology said I’d been discharged without telling me or my GP. Even A&E couldn’t get me seen. Like Milly’s, my story shows the gaps. Been through similar? Share it.
#PatientVoice #DisabilityJustice
#PatientVoice #DisabilityJustice
Most hospitals are built for short stays. But what happens when weeks turn into months? As a child, I lived that reality. GOSH had play specialists, school staff and even the odd celebrity visit to break the monotony. Most kids don't get that.
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open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
Beyond medicine
The hidden cost of long-term hospital stays
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Most hospitals are built for short stays. But what happens when weeks turn into months? As a child, I lived that reality. GOSH had play specialists, school staff and even the odd celebrity visit to break the monotony. Most kids don't get that.
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
open.substack.com/pub/leerocks...
Oh hi Bluesky it's been a while, my account got suspended for security reasons for a long while! But I'm back and writing a blog! I post on Mondays and there's a few to catch up on if ya like!
leerocks.substack.com
leerocks.substack.com
Lee Rockwood | Substack
Disable 30 something with Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Subscribe for disability content, MRes journey, front end Web development thoughts and some general opinions. Click to read Lee Rockwood, a Substack...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oh hi Bluesky it's been a while, my account got suspended for security reasons for a long while! But I'm back and writing a blog! I post on Mondays and there's a few to catch up on if ya like!
leerocks.substack.com
leerocks.substack.com
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Who made this 🤣
January 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Who made this 🤣
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I haven't taken it but I bet this course is nice. I love that learn-through-writing-and-interative-examples approach.
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Interactive SVG Animations
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January 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I haven't taken it but I bet this course is nice. I love that learn-through-writing-and-interative-examples approach.
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Was not particularly interested in seeing Wicked, and then my wife gave it a Media Studies framing and said it’s actually about how a gullible and ill-informed public is easy to manipulate with misinformation and I was all in, great movie, 10/10 so far.
January 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Was not particularly interested in seeing Wicked, and then my wife gave it a Media Studies framing and said it’s actually about how a gullible and ill-informed public is easy to manipulate with misinformation and I was all in, great movie, 10/10 so far.
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Smallpox was a devastating illness, but it was also vulnerable to human ingenuity because:
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
January 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Smallpox was a devastating illness, but it was also vulnerable to human ingenuity because:
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
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One of my big surprises of 2024 was that we are actually making a lot of progress (albeit messy and with a great deal of argument) in the science of the origin of life on Earth.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
January 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
One of my big surprises of 2024 was that we are actually making a lot of progress (albeit messy and with a great deal of argument) in the science of the origin of life on Earth.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
If you’re under 40, we’ll probably have a pretty good understanding of it in your lifetime.
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👨💻🎄 CSS Christmas Tree 🎄👩💻
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👨💻🎄 Web Dev Christmas Tree 🎄👩💻
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FORMS
IMAGES
BROWSER
FRONTEND
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December 23, 2024 at 4:26 PM
👨💻🎄 CSS Christmas Tree 🎄👩💻
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IDS
RULES
CLASSES
ELEMENTS
SELECTORS
COMBINATORS
DECLARATIONS
PSEUDO-CLASSES
PSEUDO-ELEMENTS
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RULES
CLASSES
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COMBINATORS
DECLARATIONS
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Woke up today, itchy eyes, snotty, very much hay-fever symptoms. Weird I think as it is December. I take my tablets and nasal spray and feel a bit better. We nip out for our shop and low and behold, trees are in blossom already! Months early! #allergiesAreEarly #globalWarming #stockUpOnFexofenadine
December 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Woke up today, itchy eyes, snotty, very much hay-fever symptoms. Weird I think as it is December. I take my tablets and nasal spray and feel a bit better. We nip out for our shop and low and behold, trees are in blossom already! Months early! #allergiesAreEarly #globalWarming #stockUpOnFexofenadine
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A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
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The most confusing part
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The most confusing part
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various ways to scramble text with CSS alone || JavaScript
covered in this week's issue of "The Craft of UI" 🤙
covered in this week's issue of "The Craft of UI" 🤙
December 12, 2024 at 10:08 PM
various ways to scramble text with CSS alone || JavaScript
covered in this week's issue of "The Craft of UI" 🤙
covered in this week's issue of "The Craft of UI" 🤙
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Good writeup from @css-tricks.com on the situation with "Masonry"† and whether it belongs as part of grid or its own `display` type. It's largely neck-and-neck and won't move unless some minds on either side change.
css-tricks.com/csswg-minute...
† Still a bad name.
css-tricks.com/csswg-minute...
† Still a bad name.
December 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Good writeup from @css-tricks.com on the situation with "Masonry"† and whether it belongs as part of grid or its own `display` type. It's largely neck-and-neck and won't move unless some minds on either side change.
css-tricks.com/csswg-minute...
† Still a bad name.
css-tricks.com/csswg-minute...
† Still a bad name.
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The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk